TransNusa made headlines in Indonesia and Southeast Asia when the airline, with just two Airbus A320s and one Comac ARJ21-700, introduced its first international route from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur on April 14, 2023.
14 months later, the airline has been handpicked as one of the two foreign airlines that has received approval to start flights from the Sultan Abdul Aziz Airport, popularly known as Subang Airport in Malaysia.
“I am thankful for the opportunity to be the first foreign airline to start scheduled jet aircraft operations for an international route from Subang airport. As of today, we will be the only airline offering scheduled international flights from Terminal 3, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Subang Airport,” said Datuk Bernard, who is the Group Chief Executive Officer of TransNusa.
At the initial stage, TransNusa will be operating one daily scheduled flight from Terminal 3, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Subang Airport. The flight, 8B 699, will depart Jakarta at 04.10 pm and arrive at the Subang Airport at 07.00 pm while TransNusa flight, 8B 698, will depart Subang Airport at 07.30 pm and arrive in Jakarta at 08.30 pm. TransNusa will be utilizing its A320 narrow-body airliner, which has 174 seats, to cater for the two-hour scheduled flight, beginning August 1.
“We will be starting the sale of tickets from today,” said Datuk Bernard, adding that a TransNusa ticket for this route will be priced from IDR 999,000.
On the successful approval of TransNusa’s route permit, Datuk Bernard said, “TransNusa, known worldwide for its unique business proposition as a Premium Service Carrier, has always operated with passengers’ comfort and safety in mind. As such, this new opportunity is a testament to our commitment towards enhancing services in the aviation industry.”
“As an Indonesian airline that has only been operating for 20 months, we are proud to launch a series of new daily scheduled flights to the Subang Airport and play a part in making history with the Subang Airport team in Malaysia,” He said.
On whether there will be any changes to TransNusa’s scheduled flights from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Datuk said that TransNusa would still continue to operate three scheduled daily flights to KLIA and 4 scheduled flights weekly to Johor Bharu.
TransNusa, which had to close its business operation in September 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the aviation industry, started operations again after the injection of new shareholders and management team in October 2022.
Within 6 months, the airline introduced its first international route between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur and celebrated its first-year anniversary for this route on April 14, this year.
“When we re-launched TransNusa in October 2022, we started from the bottom again. We had no aircraft or roadmap to follow. Everything was new because the pandemic had broken the boundaries of aviation business operations. We re-created and customised our business operations and strategy model of being the first Premium Service Carrier based on the post-pandemic scenario,” Datuk Bernard explained.
“As such, for us, being handpicked by the Malaysian Aviation Commission as the only airline to operate from the Subang Airport to offer daily scheduled flights from Jakarta is another milestone,” Datuk Bernard stressed.
After launching its first international route between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, TransNusa launched three more new international routes by the end of last year. TransNusa’s aggressive international growth strategy combined with its domestic business operations approach has enabled the airline to be the fastest growing airline in Southeast Asia.
In 2024, the airline celebrates its first year of operations in Kuala Lumpur and its first year of operations in three other international locations: Johor, Malaysia, Singapore and Guangzhou, China.
Since its re-launch, TransNusa became the first in the world to commission a Comac ARJ21-700. TransNusa became the second airline in Indonesia to launch a Jakarta-Guangzhou route on November 16, last year.
On the domestic front, TransNusa, in keeping with its new player, new rules character, became the first in the world to offer a direct flight between two world legendary destinations, which is Bali and Manado. This domestic route was launched in April, this year.
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